Here is what you can Expect from our office at Borivali West, Mumbai 400092

As the new year dawns upon us, just shy of three full days away, the Equiborder team wants to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. As we come into the New Year, and people are making their resolutions and commitments, we’d like everyone to consider the journey that they would like to take in their career and personal life.

For a lot of people, we
find that if they are unhappy with their current job they are unhappy in their day
to day lives. Sometimes it is not as simple as finding a new job. Sometimes,
what is required is a complete shift in their life style.

Equiborder provides you with professional advice tailored to your needs. Making sure that they take care of all the details of your original visa application for any visa to the extension time that you are at the moment. Making sure that everything is in sync and all the requirements are met so that you could provide a decision-ready application and get it granted as soon as Possible.

Depending on the
combination of your country of passport, you will need to meet either the
Regular requirements – English Language score and Finances or Streamlined
requirements – English Language score mainly (finances generally not required).
There are different risk ratings that apply to applicants from different
countries of passport.

This year on 25 June 2018,
Hon. Mr. Peter Dutton, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Immigration
and Border Protection announced the new Points Test Score requirement (new Pool
and Pass marks) applicable to GSM Visa subclasses:

The important date to
note is 1 July 2018. This is the date on which this new points test score (pool
and pass mark) change will be applied to certain visa subclasses based on the
transitional provisions. The new pool and pass mark will now be 65 instead of
60.

The transitional
provisions provided are as follows:

For visa
applications made on or after 1 July 2018 in response to an invitation given on
or after 1 July 2018, the new points test score required (pool and pass mark
required) will be 65 points.

For visa
applications made before, on or after 1 July 2018 in response to an invitation
given prior to 1 July 2018, the points test score required (pool and pass mark
required) remains at 60 point

The Australian government
and representatives from the Department of Home Affairs have proposed that in
response to growing voter frustration with congestion and infrastructure strain
in Sydney and Melbourne, cutting Australia’s migration cap from 190,000 to
160,000. Just under 162,5000 people were accepted in Australia in the past
year, this means that from 2019 there may be a significant reduction in
immigrants entering Australia.

However, The Northern
Territory wants more people to come and live up north and is offering cash
incentives to families, couples and individuals willing to do so. The state government
says it will invest $9.3 million to attract more people, including migrants, to
the Territory with families being offered more than $15,000 over five years to
move to NT to work in high demand jobs.

This announcement is part of the Northern Territory Population Growth Strategy 2018-2028, where the government hopes to add 21,000 new jobs and $10.4 billion to the NT’s economy in the next decade.They say, immigration is the key to jobs and growth in the state. The incentives include relocation costs, one-off local spending benefit and retention bonus and will be made available to individuals, couples and families willing to move to NT. If yo are interested, Equiborder can assist you and your family moving to the Northern Territory. Singles will receive $3000, couples will receive $6000 and families will receive $7000 as a relocation bonus.

The minimum score an invitation was issued for in this round continued to be at 70 points for this year. Which means that there were enough Expressions of Interest lodged previously with a score of 70 points or above, and EOIs with a score of 65 points were NOT issued any invitations again in this round.

The competition remains strong and it is highly recommended that applicants seriously consider maximising their points test scores to improve their prospects of receiving an invitation, Equiborder can assist applicants with significant advice to boost their scores.